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dc.contributor.authorKnott, Emma Jen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBunnefeld, Nilsen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHuber, Djuroen_UK
dc.contributor.authorReljic, Slavenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKerezi, Vesnaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMilner-Gulland, Eleanor Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-02T22:37:43Z-
dc.date.available2017-09-02T22:37:43Z-
dc.date.issued2014-02en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/18571-
dc.description.abstractThe brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Croatia is currently being managed through trophy hunting, with quotas allocated to local hunting organisations. Human-bear conflict is present at a low level, but any losses are compensated by the hunting organisations that benefit from bear hunting. Attitudes towards bears are generally positive, and the bear population appears stable, or even increasing. Croatia's current bear hunting policy relies upon both the ecological sustainability of the quotas and the economic sustainability of the hunting organisations. To address the first of these pillars of current policy, we used a two-sex matrix model of the bear population to investigate the biological sustainability of current hunting levels. The model suggests that if the annual allocated quota were fully realised, the population would suffer a considerable decrease over 10 years. A likely explanation for the mismatch between this result and the observed stability of the population is that the bear population size is underestimated. To address the second pillar, we quantified the current structure, costs and benefits of bear hunting to hunting organisations through an interview survey with hunting managers. We found that bear hunting is a substantial component of hunting organisations' income, supporting the other activities of the organisation. Croatia's recent accession to the EU will require changes in their bear management system, potentially stopping bear trophy hunting. Therefore, we assessed the changes in hunting organisations' budgets in the absence of bear hunting. Our results demonstrate that a loss of bear trophy hunting would result in a substantial loss of income to the hunting organisations. Moving bear hunting and compensation mechanisms from local management and responsibility to a more centralised system without trophy hunting, as suggested by EU legislation, will lead to considerable uncertainties. These include how to make centralised decisions on population targets and offtake levels for population control, given the uncertainty around population estimates, and on compensation payments given the loss of the current system which relies heavily on local income from trophy hunting, local relationships and informal monetary and non-monetary compensation.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationKnott EJ, Bunnefeld N, Huber D, Reljic S, Kerezi V & Milner-Gulland EJ (2014) The potential impacts of changes in bear hunting policy for hunting organisations in Croatia. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 60 (1), pp. 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-013-0754-3en_UK
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/en_UK
dc.subjectBrown bearen_UK
dc.subjectUrsus arctosen_UK
dc.subjectTrophy huntingen_UK
dc.subjectCost–benefit analysisen_UK
dc.subjectPopulation modellingen_UK
dc.titleThe potential impacts of changes in bear hunting policy for hunting organisations in Croatiaen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2014-02-28en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10344-013-0754-3en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleEuropean Journal of Wildlife Researchen_UK
dc.citation.issn1439-0574en_UK
dc.citation.issn1612-4642en_UK
dc.citation.volume60en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage85en_UK
dc.citation.epage97en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailnils.bunnefeld@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationImperial College Londonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zagreben_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zagreben_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zagreben_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationImperial College Londonen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000330589700009en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84880401065en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid684179en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-1349-4463en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-02-28en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2014-02-07en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorKnott, Emma J|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBunnefeld, Nils|0000-0002-1349-4463en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHuber, Djuro|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorReljic, Slaven|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKerezi, Vesna|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMilner-Gulland, Eleanor J|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2014-02-28en_UK
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local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/|2014-02-28|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameKnott bears.pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source1612-4642en_UK
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